Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-07
THE NUMBER BENEFITED.

] LAAhlAts'
THE NUMBER BENEFTrTED.
For present purposes, however, the last
number given should be considerably re-
ducrd Without attempting to enumerate
| all. il will he conceded that there should
/ be deducted from those which it Includes,
80, l43 carpenters and jo;ners, 2S5, 4Ol
milliuers. dressmakers and SeamStreSSeS,
| III T26 blacksmiths. 1873, 1JG tailC:S and
tailoresses. lO2, 473 masons, 1911
butchers. II ,3O9 bakers, -. OS3 plaStsrers,
and 1881 engaged in manufacturing aGrl-
cultural implements, amounting IN the
aggregate 20 l,2ll. O22, leaving 2,6:3,OS3
persons employed in such manufacturing
industries rs are claimed to b. benefited
by high tariff
To these the appeal is made 10 save tGeir
employment and maintain their wages by
resisting change There should be no
disposition to answer such suggestions by
the allegation lhat they are in q minority
among those who iahoG, and therefore
should foregO an advantage iii Tue in
tefesl OF low prices for the m2JOnty.
Their compensation, as It may he at
feCted nv the operation Of tariff laws,
should at ail times be sCrnpulCu>lS k2pt IN
view, and yet with slight reflect ON they
will not overlook tbs fact that they are
consumers with the rest, that they, too,
have their own wants and those Of their
families to supply iroGl their earnings, and
that the price of the neCessaries Of life, As
we'll as the amount OF their wages, will
regulate tine Measure Of their welfare and
comfort But the reduction OF taxation
demanded should he 50 measured as not to
necesSitatc or Justify either the loss OF en-
ployment by the WOTEingEIan nor the less.
enirg Of his wages; auG the profits stili re-
maining to the manufacturer, after a r.sees-
sary rraS ia tmeEt, should furnish 40 eX-
use for tho sacrifice OF the
INTERESTS OF HIS EMPLOYEES
either in their opportunity 10 work or in
the diminutiou Of their compensation. Nor
can the worker IN manufactures fail 10 I'M
detstand that while hish tariffs claimed
To ne necessary ~ Gllaw the payment ri
remuperative wages, il ceTttiuly results IN
a very large increase in the price OF nearly
all manufactures. which, in almost count
less forms, he needs for the use of himself
and his family, Re receives ut the desk OF
his employer his wages, and perhaps be-
fore he reaches his home IL obliged, in q
purchase for family use Of an article, whi'a
embraces his own lahr-, to return ia the
payment of the increase in price Which the
tar'fr permits. TIE lard earned con JaI,.i-
lion OF mary days ~ Toll
The farmer AMI the agricu.tuTlSt wao
narufac!uIe nothing. hut who ply the
iuctcased rice which The tariff Imposes
upon every agricultural implement, upon
all he wears and upon all lie uses and
owns, except the increase Of his hocES aud
birds, and such things as his huShardry
pOduces from the soil, is invited t. aid in
mslu tanning the present situation, and he
= Md that high duty on imported wool
ls necessary for the benefit of those who
have (heep To shear IL cYder that the price Of
their Seol may be increased They Of course
srenotyeuinded that the farmer who has no
| sheep isby this scheme obliged, in his pur-
! chases Of Clothing and wooden goods, to
pay tribute to his fellow farmer as we'll
as to the manufacturer and merchant; nor
Is any mentlonnade of the fact that the
sheep owners thtnselves and their house
holds mast wear Nothing and use other |
articles Manufacture from the wool they
sell at tariff prices, an thus as consumers
must return their share f this increased
price to the tradesmen. "
The DUTY ON woS
/ think it may be assumed nat q large
proportion of the sheep owuS h. a.